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Order of Business 28 October 2002

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Notes:
* indicates a question for oral answer.
[R] indicates that the Member has declared a relevant interest.
Questions for oral answer not reached receive a written answer.
Supplementary questions will also be asked. Other Ministers may also answer.

+ indicates Government business.

Note: These are ordinary written questions of which no previous notice has been given. For other questions for written answer today see the 'Order Book'.
Timings are indicative only.


At 2.30 p.m.      Prayers
Afterwards

Private Business

        Note: Private business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.

Selection: Adjourned Debate on Question [16th October].

        Motion made, and Question proposed, That Mr John Hayes be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Mr Peter Luff be added to the Committee.—(Mr Phil Woolas.)


Afterwards
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
*1 Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West):    If he will make a statement on his policy on the acquisition and possession of air weapons.
( 75309 )
*2 Ian Lucas (Wrexham):    If he will make a statement on the provision his Department makes for treatment of drugs offenders.
( 75310 )
*3 Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham):    What further measures he proposes to deal with anti-social behaviour.
( 75311 )
*4 Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    What his policy is to reduce anti-social behaviour in suburban areas; and if he will make a statement.
( 75312 )
*5 Tom Cox (Tooting):    What plans he has to review the procedures to be followed by inmates on day release from open prisons; and if he will make a statement.
( 75315 )
*6 Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    What plans there are to recruit part-time police officers and to allow full-time officers to change to part-time if they wish to (a) before and (b) after they have completed 30 years' service.
( 75317 )
*7 Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    What recent discussions he has had with the Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire about community policing, with particular reference to the City of Nottingham division.
( 75318 )
*8 Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):    What action he proposes to take to ensure the maintenance of present levels of police services in Surrey.
( 75319 )
*9 Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby):    If he will make a statement on his plans to set up new sector based migration schemes next year.
( 75320 )
*10 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):    If he will make a statement on the review of the Coroners Service.
( 75321 )
*11 Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):    What plans he has to support dysfunctional families.
( 75322 )
*12 Helen Jones (Warrington North):    If he will make a statement on the impact of the Government's policies for tackling anti-social behaviour.
( 75323 )
*13 Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    If he will review his guidance in respect of policing charges.
( 75324 )
*14 Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    What plans he has to reduce the paperwork police officers have to deal with.
( 75325 )
*15 Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    If he will make a statement on reoffending rates amongst young offenders in the last five years.
( 75326 )
*16 Claire Ward (Watford):    If he will make a statement on his plans to offer language and citizenship education to those settling in the UK.
( 75327 )
*17 Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):    If he will make a statement on proposed changes to the Police Funding Formula and their impact on future police authority funding.
( 75328 )
*18 Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    What plans he has to expand the provision of community officers to all areas; and over what timescale.
( 75330 )
*19 Mr Chris Bryant (Rhondda):    What guidance he gives to coroners' courts on recording deaths as drug-related.
( 75331 )
*20 Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):    If he will list the countries from which the Government will not as a matter of course accept asylum applications.
( 75332 )
*21 Dr John Pugh (Southport):    What measures are being taken to reduce the number of collisions involving police vehicles which lead to injury and death.
( 75333 )
*22 Matthew Green (Ludlow):    How many special constables were members of the police forces in England and Wales as at the beginning of April; and what his estimates are of the numbers in (a) April 2003 and (b) April 2004.
( 75334 )
*23 Laura Moffatt (Crawley):    What measures he has taken and plans to take to alert parents to the dangers of paedophiles using the Internet to target children.
( 75335 )
*24 Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    What plans he has to improve the crime detection rate and increase the numbers of criminals bought to justice.
( 75336 )
*25 Roger Casale (Wimbledon):    What plans he has to reduce the paperwork of police officers.
( 75337 )
*26 Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):    What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on co-ordination of policies on street crime.
( 75338 )
*27 Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):    If he will make a statement on the levels of street crime.
( 75339 )
*28 Ann Coffey (Stockport):    What discussions he has had with the Lord Chancellor's Department about victim impact statements.
( 75340 )
*29 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    How many charities were removed from the list of those registered by the Charity Commission in the last year for which information is available.
( 75341 )
*30 Bob Spink (Castle Point):    What plans he has to tackle the misuse of fireworks.
( 75342 )
*31 Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    What recent discussions he has had with chief constables on the effect on police forces of the proposed local government funding settlement.
( 75343 )
*32 Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):    What plans he has (a) to end and (b) to reduce imprisonment of juveniles.
( 75345 )
*33 Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):    How he intends to improve the protection of children held in prison custody.
( 75346 )
*34 Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    If he will make a statement on the powers of the police to confiscate drink in the possession of young people.
( 75347 )
*35 David Wright (Telford):    What plans he has to improve pay and conditions for frontline police officers.
( 75348 )

At 3.30 p.m.Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Main Business

  1  

OPPOSITION DAY (20th allotted day)        [Until 10.00 p.m.]

  

ACCESS TO FACILITIES OF THE HOUSE

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Forth
Mr John Taylor
Mr Patrick McLoughlin
David Maclean

    That this House notes the serious breaches by Sinn Fein/IRA of their obligations under the Belfast Agreement and the ceasefire, which have been recognised by the Government in the decision to suspend the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland; believes that good faith has not been observed by Sinn Fein/IRA; and, unless Sinn Fein honourable Members commit themselves to a public statement that all terrorist organisations, including the IRA, should rescind violence, resolves to rescind the resolution of 18th December 2001 granting facilities and other support to Sinn Fein honourable Members who have chosen not to take their seats.

      As an Amendment to Mr Iain Duncan Smith's proposed Motion (Access to Facilities of the House):

The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Robin Cook
Mr Secretary Murphy
Ms Jane Kennedy

  Mr Des Browne

    Line      1,      leave out from `House' to end and add `recognises the fundamental need for the affairs of Northern Ireland to be settled on an exclusively peaceful, democratic and inclusive basis; and does not believe that expelling any party to the peace process from the parliamentary precincts is likely to encourage them to renounce violence and to pursue a political settlement within that process.'.

  

IMPLICATIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr James Paice
Mr Dominic Grieve [R]
Mr Humfrey Malins [R]
Mr Nick Hawkins [R]

    That this House notes with concern the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on the sentencing powers of the Home Secretary and in other respects; further notes that the Government has not so far made any defining statement about its intentions relating to the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights; and calls upon the Government to work with all political parties which are represented in the House in order to construct a lasting settlement that can bring the Human Rights Act 1998 into conformity with the democratic will of the people and the concepts of liberty that have served this country so well for so long.

      As Amendments to Mr Iain Duncan Smith's proposed Motion (Implications of the Human Rights Act 1998):

Mr Douglas Hogg [R]

(a)

        Line      1,      leave out from `House' to `further' in line 3 and add `does not believe that Ministers should set minimum tariffs for life sentences;'.

The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Robin Cook
Mr Secretary Blunkett
Beverley Hughes
Yvette Cooper

(b)

        Line      1,      leave out from `House' to end and add `notes that the Human Rights Act 1998 is fully in conformity with parliamentary sovereignty, which enables Parliament to reflect the democratic will of the people; and further notes that the Human Rights Act enshrines the concepts of liberty that have served this country so well for so long.'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke

Mr Andrew Stunell

(c)

    Line      1,      leave out from `House' to end and add `notes the leading work of British jurists in drafting the European Convention on Human Rights, to which the UK has been a signatory continuously since 1951 and the regular renewals of commitment to the Convention by the United Kingdom; celebrates the campaign over many years, symbolised by the Bills introduced in the House of Lords by the Liberal peer Lord Wade in the 1970s, to make the Convention directly enforceable in courts throughout the UK, recently much advanced by the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998; affirms that the UK should continue to be bound by conventions setting out internationally recognised principles of law which uphold civil and political rights; believes that while Parliament determines maximum sentences, it is for judges not politicians thereafter to decide on the length of each individual sentence served; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to bring to an end the UK's derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights and for the UK to adopt a written constitution.'.

        The selection of the matters to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).

Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.

+  2  

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES        [No debate]

Mr Secretary Straw

        That the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 17th July, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).

+  3  

NORTHERN IRELAND        [No debate]

Mr Secretary Murphy

        That the draft Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 18th July, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).

+  4  

DELEGATED LEGISLATION        [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

Mr Robin Cook

        That the Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 1836) dated 15th July 2002, be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

+  5  

DELEGATED LEGISLATION        [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

Mr Robin Cook

        That Standing Order No. 118 (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation) shall apply to the Social and Environmental Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, a draft of which was laid before this House on 20th June, as if it were a draft instrument to which that Order applies, and that the draft Guidance be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

+  6  

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE        [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

Mr Robin Cook

        That, at the sitting on Tuesday 29th October, the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on any Motions in the name of Mr Robin Cook relating to Modernisation of the House of Commons, Parliamentary Questions, and Amendments to Standing Orders not later than Ten o'clock, and such Questions shall include the Questions on any Amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved; the Questions may be decided, though opposed, after the expiration of the time for opposed business and the Order of 28th June 2001 relating to deferred Divisions shall not apply to them.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

+  7  

SITTINGS IN WESTMINSTER HALL        [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

Mr Robin Cook

        That, on Thursday 7th November, there shall be no sitting in Westminster Hall.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

  8  

CATERING        [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

Mr John McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

        That Mrs Jacqui Lait be discharged from the Catering Committee and Mr Peter Atkinson be added to the Committee.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

        The Speaker shall not adjourn the House until any Messages from the Lords relating to the Enterprise Bill shall have been received (Order of 24th October).

At the end of the sitting:

  9  

ADJOURNMENT

        Proposed subject: Tackling HIV/AIDS in Africa and Asia (Norman Lamb).

Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).



COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEE

1First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation4.30 p.m.Room 12 (public)
To consider the draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (The United States of America) Order 2002 and the draft Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Lithuania) Order 2002.

SELECT COMMITTEES

2Education and Skills3.45 p.m.


4.00 p.m.
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
Witnesses: AQA; Edexcel, OCR; and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA).
3Public Accounts4.00 p.m.Room 15 (public)
Subject: Office for National Statistics: Outsourcing the 2001 Census.
Witnesses: Mr Len Cook, National Statistician and Registrar General, and Mr John Pullinger, Executive Director, Office for National Statistics.
4Foreign Affairs4.30 p.m.


4.45 p.m.
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public)
Subject: Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism.
Witnesses: Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, political director, and Mr Tim Dowse, Head of Non-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
5Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Urban Affairs Sub-Committee4.30 p.m.
5.00 p.m.
Room 6 (private)
(public)
Subject: Regeneration Initiatives.
Witnesses: Rt Rev James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, Chairman, Mr Steve Boyle, Chief Executive, Liverpool New Deal for Communities; Dr Peter Tyler, University of Cambridge, Mr Paul Lawless, Sheffield Hallam University (at approximately 5.50 p.m.); Audit Commission (at approximately 6.30 p.m.)

JOINT COMMITTEE

6Human Rights4.30 p.m.Room 3A (private)

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Question tabled on Friday 25th October for answer today‡
1 Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the plans to reform the Welfare Food Scheme to help ensure children from poorer families have a healthier start in life.
( 78310 )

Standing Committee Notices

     The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will now meet on Wednesday 30th October at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) (Elected Representatives) Order 2002.



 

 
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